Bill Text: FL S1450 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Allocation and Expenditure of State Lottery Revenues
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2012-03-09 - Died in Education Pre-K - 12 [S1450 Detail]
Download: Florida-2012-S1450-Introduced.html
Florida Senate - 2012 SB 1450 By Senator Braynon 33-00567A-12 20121450__ 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to the allocation and expenditure of 3 state lottery revenues; amending s. 24.121, F.S.; 4 requiring that certain unencumbered funds of the 5 Educational Enhancement Trust Fund be allocated to 6 voluntary prekindergarten education programs; 7 providing for the use of funds; providing an effective 8 date. 9 10 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 11 12 Section 1. Subsection (5) of section 24.121, Florida 13 Statutes, is amended to read: 14 24.121 Allocation of revenues and expenditure of funds for 15 public education.— 16 (5)(a) Public educational programs and purposes funded by 17 the Educational Enhancement Trust Fund may include, but are not 18 limited to, endowment, scholarship, matching funds, direct 19 grants, research and economic development related to education, 20 salary enhancement, contracts with independent institutions to 21 conduct programs consistent with the state master plan for 22 postsecondary education, or any other educational program or 23 purpose deemed desirable by the Legislature. Prior to the 24 expenditure of these funds, each school district shall establish 25 policies and procedures that define enhancement and the types of 26 expenditures consistent with that definition. 27 (b) Except as provided in paragraphs (c), (d),and(e), and 28 (f), the Legislature shall equitably apportion moneys in the 29 trust fund among public schools, community colleges, and 30 universities. 31 (c) A portion of such net revenues, as determined annually 32 by the Legislature, shall be distributed to each school district 33 and shall be made available to each public school in the 34 district for enhancing school performance through development 35 and implementation of a school improvement plan pursuant to s. 36 1001.42(18). A portion of these moneys, as determined annually 37 in the General Appropriations Act, must be allocated to each 38 school in an equal amount for each student enrolled. These 39 moneys may be expended only on programs or projects selected by 40 the school advisory council or by a parent advisory committee 41 created pursuant to this paragraph. If a school does not have a 42 school advisory council, the district advisory council must 43 appoint a parent advisory committee composed of parents of 44 students enrolled in that school, which is representative of the 45 ethnic, racial, and economic community served by the school, to 46 advise the school’s principal on the programs or projects to be 47 funded. Neither school district staff nor principals may 48 override the recommendations of the school advisory council or 49 the parent advisory committee. These moneys may not be used for 50 capital improvements or for any project or program that has a 51 duration of more than 1 year; however, a school advisory council 52 or parent advisory committee may independently determine that a 53 program or project formerly funded under this paragraph should 54 receive funds in a subsequent year. 55 (d) No funds shall be released for any purpose from the 56 Educational Enhancement Trust Fund to any school district in 57 which one or more schools do not have an approved school 58 improvement plan pursuant to s. 1001.42(18) or do not comply 59 with school advisory council membership composition requirements 60 pursuant to s. 1001.452(1). The Commissioner of Education shall 61 withhold disbursements from the trust fund to any school 62 district that fails to adopt the performance-based salary 63 schedule required by s. 1012.22(1). 64 (e) All components of the Florida Bright Futures 65 Scholarship Program shall be funded annually from the 66 Educational Enhancement Trust Fund. Funds shall be allocated to 67 this program prior to application of the formula for equitable 68 distribution to public schools, community colleges, and state 69 universities. If shortages require reductions in estimated 70 distributions from the Educational Enhancement Trust Fund, funds 71 for the Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program shall be 72 reduced only after reductions in all other distributions are 73 made. 74 (f) Fifty percent of unencumbered funds not spent in the 75 previous fiscal year shall be allocated to enhance voluntary 76 prekindergarten education programs pursuant to a final audit of 77 those funds. Such unencumbered funds shall be allocated to each 78 voluntary prekindergarten education program in an equal amount 79 for each student enrolled. Such funds must be used for direct 80 classroom expenditures and may not be used for administrative 81 costs. 82 (g)(f)Each school district shall, on a quarterly basis, 83 make available to the public and distribute, in an easy to 84 understand format, the expenditures of lottery funds allocated 85 to the school district. 86 Section 2. This act shall take effect October 1, 2012.